Hurricane Fred

Hurricane Fred

Hurricane Fred has quickly strengthened to a Category 2 storm but remains far out in the eastern Atlantic with no signs it will threaten land. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Fred could become a major hurricane later on Wednesday. The storm's projected five-day path will keep it over the open ocean until it loses steam. Fred's maximum sustained winds have increased to near 105 mph. Forecasters say it could become a major hurricane, meaning top sustained winds of more than 110 mph.

The storm is centered about 500 miles west-southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands and moving west-northwest near 13 mph. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Linda is drifting slowly far out over the Pacific with maximum sustained winds near 65 mph. Hurricane Fred has quickly strengthened to a Category 2 storm in the Atlantic and forecasters say it could become a major hurricane later in the day.

Fred's maximum sustained winds have increased to near 105 mph (165 kph) early Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Fred could become a Category 3 storm later Wednesday but is expected to start weakening Thursday. Fred is centered about 500 miles (805 kilometers) west-southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands and moving west-northwest near 13 mph (20 kph). Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Linda is drifting slowly far out over the Pacific with maximum sustained winds near 65 mph (100 kph).

Palm Pixie

Palm Pixie

Palm has just announced its Palm Pixie handset officially.Comes in a Centro-like design, Palm Pixie sport a 2.63-inch capacitive display with a 320 x 400 pixel resolution as well as a full QWERTY keyboard. a 2MP camera and 8GB onboard storage also packed to the Pixie.Of course you can expect Pixie to runs on WebOS. For connectivity, there’s only EVDO Rev.A support available. Palm Pixie will be available yhis holiday season at Sprint while about its price, Engadget expect it to be less than $99.

The new smart phone is hear to impress but with some shortcomings or rather it can be said as small-comings as the phone is equipped with a smaller screen and user have to comprise as the phone has a qwerty keyboard to share on the obverse. The screen has resolution of 320 x 400 pixels and measures 2.63 inches. The phone dominates with a 2 megapixel camera rather than 3 megapixel in the ‘Pre' model. It also includes accelerometer and GPS but lacks a Wi-Fi to keep the price of the gadget low. The brand has been considered to move into those hands who want to pay less and also enjoy the magic of ‘Palm'. Therefore, since the cost have not been released but is expected to lie fifty dollars lower from its ‘Pre' model.

Palm is all set to announce its second WebOS based device later this week. The device in question is none other than the Palm Pixie, also known as the EOS, when we had first heard about its existence earlier this year. The Pixie will be announced at the forthcoming New York Fashion Week for reasons best known to Palm. The Pixie will be the affordable cousin to the Palm Pre and will be priced at a much lower rate as compared with the Pre. In the months prior to the announcement of the Pixie, Palm has never acknowledged the existence of the Pixie officially and maybe, we will see that acknowledge later this week.

Big Brother 11 final HOH

Big Brother 11 final HOH

Last night in the Big Brother House, the final three houseguests competed in round one of the three-part Head of Household competition. The remaining houseguests, 22-year-old Jordan, 24-year-old Natalie, and 29-year-old Kevin, all participated in the Log Jam HOH competition. It was an endurance competition that had them standing on a rotating log while holding on to their housekey above them. After nearly four hours of struggling to hang on, a winner emerged... read on only if you want to know!

It was Kevin who won round one. Jordan fell off after three and a half hours, and as planned between Natalie and Kevin, Natalie waited a bit before throwing the competition and falling off. The second HOH competition will carry out live on Thursday. Jordan and Natalie will face off in that one. In the past, Big Brother has turned off the live feeds quite a bit while the final HOH is played out, as well as the subsequent eviction and jury questioning. Fans may get to see a few sneak peeks to figure out what is happening before the finale airs on Sunday.

As for the Tuesday eviction and Log Jam competition, here's how it played out. Natalie had nominated Kevin and Michele, with Kevin winning the power of veto. He saved himself, which put Jordan on the block and gave Kevin the sole evicting vote. He voted to evict Michele, who had put on her devil's horns and tried one last plea to Kevin by telling him that taking her to the final two would all but guarantee him the $500,000 prize money since everyone hates her.